Track-oiler.



L. G. ATHERTON.

TRACK OILER, APPLICATION FILED MAR. 13. 1915. RENEWED OCT. 11,1911.

Patented Dec. 11, 1917.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 11; 1917,'

Application filed March 13,1915, Serial No. 14,052., ltenewcd October 11, 1917. sea-1 9 .093.

To all whom it may concern. V v

Be it known that I, LEWIS G. ATHERTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Eugene, in the county of Lane and State of Oregon, have invented a new and Improved Track-Oiler, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention has reference to. means for manually applying oil-to track rails,,particularly at curves.

Objects of the invention are to provide an attachment that may be embodied in or applied to oil can spouts of the usual form; to provide means whereby an ample flow of crude oil will be insured under different conditions of atmospheric temperatures, while preventing excessive flow; to provide guide means on the spout of the oil can at the front, so formed and positioned as to have guided engagement with the track rail, whereby to facilitate the proper movement of the oil can along the track and effectively cause the oil tobe directed along the line of contact of a car wheel flange at the inside of the rail; and to provide a contact member on the oil can spout atthe front to contact with and ride on the rail, and protect the spout from damaging contact with, the rail, or other objects.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear from the following de-- scription. I

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oil can provided with one embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation of the front end of the spout taken at right angles to Fig. 1, and on a larger scale;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section on line 33 Fig. 2;

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of an auxiliary spout employed in the main spout, the preferred form of the invention permitting the employment of different auxiliary spouts of varying sizes; and

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary rear end view of a can spout having my attachment, indicating the position of the same on a track .rail.

In applying my invention to an oil can, a can body 10 of any approved form is employed, and the same is equipped with handles ll at 'diametricallyopposite sides. An

elongated spout 12 of substantially known On the spout at the front end'I securean elongated guide element'14, preferably substantially flatand disposed in a plane tangentially to the spout at one side of the latter. The said guide element 14 projects beyond the spout a 'suiiicient distance topresent a lateral surface to contact with a side surface of the head of a rail A, which may be of any accepted form, the rail illustrated in Fig. 5 being of the ordinary T-head type.

Provided also on the spout at the front end is a conta'ctmember 15 extending beyond the frontof the can spout but projecting to a lesser extent'than theguidemember 14. The said contact member 15 is preferably substantially flat andat-the side of the spout diametrically opposite the guide member 14. The forward end of the contact member 15 presents preferably arounded front edge 15*, and said member lies in a plane tangentially' with the spout and parallel or approximately so with the guide member 14. I i

With the described construction the guide member 14 will be placed against a lateral surface of the rail A so as to dispose thedischarge end of the spout above and adjacent to the said surface of the rail to be lubricated. At the same time the contact member 15 will rest on the top of the rail so as to prevent contact of the end of the spout with the rail, and thereby protect the spout. The provision of the handles 11 at opposite sides of the can body permits of the can be ing grasped at either side to properly position the members'14 and 15, depending on which side of the trackthe curve to be oiled is located.

In practice it is desirable that the user dispose the can spout at a rearward inclination, so asto be trailed along the rail, rather than pushed with the spout forward; the latter position being undesirable, it being attended with less facilityand also resulting in clogging the forward end of the spout with any foreign matter adhering to the rail surface.

. The positioning of the elements 14., 15, at the opposite sides and at the exterior of the spout terminal 12, provides for the proper accommodation of the flange 17 of an auxiliary spout 16. Said auxiliary spout 16 is inserted in the forward end 12 of the main spout 12, and it tapers inwardly. The flange 17 rests on the forward edge of the terminal 12 of the main spout, and is received between the elements la, 15. The flange 17 serves to limit the inward movement of the auxiliary spout 17, so that it will not drop too far into the main spout. In practice, I provide two or more auxiliary spouts 16, there being illustrated in Fig. 4: an auxiliary spout 16 having a flange 17. Said spout 16* it will be observed is larger at the inner end than the auxiliary spout 16 illustrated in Fig. 3. Thus in cold. weather, when crude oil will not flow as freely as in warm weather, the spout l6 will be employed, while in Warmer weather the auxiliary spout, smaller at the inner end, will best serve to permit a proper flow of the crude oil without an excessive flow. It is to be understood that the auxiliary spout will fit snugly in the outer end of the main spout, so as not to have too free a tendency to drop from the main spout as the latter is more or less inverted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. An oil can spout having a cylindrical end, a projecting guide member extending beyond the end of the spout in a plane tangential to one side of the spout, and a contact member extending beyond the end of the spout on the opposite side of the spout in a plane parallel to the guide member, and terminating short of the latter.

2. An oil can spout having a cylindrical end, a projecting guide member extending beyond the end of the spout in a plane tangential to one side of the spout, and a contact member extending beyond the end of the spout on the opposite side of the spout in a plane parallel to the guide member, and terminating short of the latter, said contact member having a substantially circular con tour.

3AAn oil can spout having a cylindrical end, a guide plate secured to one side of said end and being arranged to project beyond the end of said spout, said guide plate being curved at its outer end, and a contact plate secured to said spout on the opposite side of the spout from the guide plate, said contact plate having an end consisting of a substantially circular disk pro jecting beyond the end of the spout and terminating short of the end of the guide plate.

4. An oil can spout having a contact memher and a guide member projecting beyond the end of the spout, and disposed in approximately parallel planes tangential to the spout, said guide member projecting beyond the end of the said contact member, and an auxiliary spout within the first named spout, said auxiliary spout consisting of a tapering tube secured to the main spout at one end and narrowing toward the other end.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LEWIS G. ATHERTON.

Witnesses:

HELMUs W. THOMPSON, Lnnonn G. DAVIS.

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